Shinedown is the grandstand performer at 8 p.m. tonight at the Mississippi Valley Fair, 2815 W. Locust St., Davenport! For tickets, CLICK HERE! Multi-platinum, record-breaking band Shinedown – Brent Smith [vocals], Zach Myers [guitar], Eric Bass [bass, production], and Barry Kerch [drums] – has sold more than 10 million albums and 10 million singles worldwide, earned 13 platinum and gold singles, 5 platinum and gold albums, 15 #1 Active Rock hits, and amassed more than 1.5 billion total streams. Each of Shinedown’s 25 charting singles on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Songs Chart... Read More

There are TONS of bands of all styles and stripes coming to the Mississippi Valley Fair starting tonight! After a covid-marred year in 2020, the Mississippi Valley Fair is back at the Fairgrounds, 2815 W. Locust St., Davenport! There’s so much going on, and so much to see, and here’s a rundown of the schedule of bands for the entire week: PAVILION TUESDAY 4-7 HAP HAZZARD 7:30-12 CORPORATE ROCK WEDNESDAY 4-7 FAR OUT 283 7:30-12 WILD OATS THURSDAY 4-7 MOONSHINE RUN 7:30-12 MEGALORD FRIDAY 4-7 JUST CUZ 7:30-12 NORTH OF 40 SATURDAY 4-7 CROOKED CACTUS 7:30-12 NUCLEAR PLOW BOYS SUNDAY 4-7 STONE... Read More

Jason Aldean is the grandstand performer at 8 p.m. tonight at the Mississippi Valley Fair, 2815 W. Locust St., Davenport! For tickets, CLICK HERE! After almost 15 years at the top of his format, three-time ACM “Entertainer of the Year” Aldean has seen trends come and go. He’s helped bring a few out of the shadows, like a Country-music Columbus making the mainstream’s first contact with hard rock (“Hicktown”), hip-hop (“Dirt Road Anthem”) and R&B (“Burnin’ It Down”). But after all that time, he continues to hold his ground making modern albums with an old-school soul—most... Read More

After a brutal and long past 16 months, many major cultural organizations and venues in the Quad-Cities have been awarded badly-needed federal Covid relief, through the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) program of the Small Business Administration. As of July 19, $5.4 million has been approved in the region (out of $6.8 billion nationwide so far), including $2.3 million for the TaxSlayer Center, among the following grants: Figge Art Museum, Davenport — $368,499 Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds, Davenport — $564,903 Putnam Museum & Science Center, Davenport — $163,843 Quad... Read More

Continuing its string of multiple-artist concert nights throughout the Quad-Cities since late February, Jambrella Productions brings its CountryFest from 7 p.m. to midnight, Saturday July 10 at the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds, 2815 W. Locust St, Doors open at 7 with music starting at 8 p.m. Presented by Realty ONE Group: Opening Doors, Diane Lestor Fairway Mortgage Loan Corporation, and WQUD 107.7 Vintage Radio, the fest headliner is Texas country artist Tanner Usrey. The complete lineup will be: Tanner Usrey Music Joe Stamm Band Michael Moncada and Whiskey High Angela Meyer John Cole Born “He... Read More

Continuing its string of multiple-artist concert nights throughout the Quad-Cities since late February, Jambrella Productions brings its CountryFest from 7 p.m. to midnight, Saturday July 10 at the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds, 2815 W. Locust St, Doors open at 7 with music starting at 8 p.m. Presented by Realty ONE Group: Opening Doors, Diane Lestor Fairway Mortgage Loan Corporation, and WQUD 107.7 Vintage Radio, the fest headliner is Texas country artist Tanner Usrey. The complete lineup will be: Tanner Usrey Music Joe Stamm Band Michael Moncada and Whiskey High Angela Meyer John Cole Born “He... Read More

Country star Jason Aldean will kick off the planned return of the Mississippi Valley Fair on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021. Last year, the 101-year-tradition canceled altogether due to Covid-19. Before that, the fair announced no large grandstand concerts in 2020, and canceling of the big concerts previously scheduled, including Keith Urban and Pitbull. It planned to program local bands in the grandstand, which has a seating capacity of 6,000. While Keith Urban has not been rescheduled for this year, he did reschedule his canceled 2020 Iowa State Fair Grandstand concert, for Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021 in... Read More

The fairgrounds will host a Battle of the Bands QC  Saturday, March 20 from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Fair Center. Most of the 10 bands are coming from throughout Illinois and Iowa, including the Q-C’s own all-female band, Been There Done That. Each act will perform a 15-minute set, and four judges will choose a winner, who will open on a genre-appropriate night at the Mississippi Valley Fair grandstand in August (e.g., a rock band for a rock night). “A lot of bands want to get into Mississippi Valley Fair,” event organizer Michelle Hosch said Thursday. “They want to get into this area,... Read More

I’m not great at predicting the stock market. I can’t say I’ve been especially adept at picking lottery numbers. But I’m going to go out on a limb and say that Iowa Quad-Cities covid numbers, and probably statewide numbers as well, are going to see a rise in 10-14 days. Over the weekend, my social media feed was flooded with pictures of people at the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds, downtown Davenport, the Village of East Davenport, and really all over, enjoying the good weather and the premature St. Patrick’s Day celebrations. What did all of those pictures have in... Read More

The Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds, 2815 W. Locust St., Davenport, plans to host two major music events at its big Fair Center in March. A St. Patrick’s Day Bash is scheduled for March 12-13, and the planned lineup is: Friday — Roadside Circus, 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., Project X 10:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Saturday — Doug Brundies, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., North Of 40, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. (plus Flying Leprechauns at 3), Electric Shock, 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Casey Muessigmann, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Tomb, 8:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., and Cheese Pizza, 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. “Mask up Quad Cities and let’s... Read More